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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Christopher St. John
- additional writing
Cast
- Eugene Jarecki
- Self - Narrator / Interviewer
- David Simon
- Self - Creator, The Wire
- Shanequa Benitez
- Self
- William Julius Wilson
- Self - Harvard University
- Glendon Goldsboro
- Self - Providence Police
- Fabio Zuena
- Self - Providence Narcotics
- David Kennedy
- Self - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Michael Correia
- Self - Commanding Officer, Narcotics
- Charles Bowden
- Self - Investigative Reporter
- Gabor Maté
- Self - Physician, Addiction Expert
- Mark W. Bennett
- Self - U.S. Federal Judge
- Maurice Haltiwanger
- Self - ID# 03678-029
- Jim K. McGough
- Self - Maurice's Lawyer
- Eric Franklin
- Self - Lexington Corrections Center
- Mike Carpenter
- Self - Chief of Security, Lexington Corrections
- Michelle Alexander
- Self - Author, The New Jim Crow
- Charles Ogletree
- Self - Harvard University
- Anthony Johnson
- Self - ID# 06263-082
- John Pacht
- Self - Anthony's Lawyer
- Susan Randall
- Self - Private Investigator
- Dennis Whidbee
- Self - Anthony's Father
- Alicia Alcindor
- Self - Anthony's Girlfriend
- Mark Mauer
- Self
- Kecia Johnson
- Self - Anthony's Mother
- Jonathan Kaufman
- Self - The Wall Street Journal
- Marc Mauer
- Self - The Sentencing Project
- Bill Cuneen
- Self - Miami Narcotics
- Julius Wilson
- Self
- Michael Bien
- Self - Civil Rights Attorney
- William Walter Wilkins
- Self - Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission (1985-94)
- Betty Chism
- Self - Kevin's Mother
- Bernard Kerik
- Self - Former NYPD Commissioner
- Larry Cearley
- Self - Marshal, Village of Magdalena
- Michael Correa
- Self
- Carl Hart
- Self - Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University
- Elzie Hooks
- Self - inmate, Lexington Correctional Center
- Nannie Jeter
- Self - Eugene's Childhood Nanny
- Larry Kastner
- Self - inmate, Lexington Correctional Center
- Richard Lawrence Miller
- Self - historian
- Kevin Ott
- Self - inmate, Lexington Correctional Center
- David Steele
- Self - instructor, Lexington Correctional Center
- Julie Stewart
- Self - President, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
- Don Walker
- Self - inmate, Lexington Correctional Center
- Robert Wilson
- Self
- Joe Biden
- Self
- William J. Bratton
- Self
- George Bush
- Self
- Bill Clinton
- Self
- Hillary Clinton
- Self
- Rudy Giuliani
- Self
- Raul Hilberg
- Self
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- Martin Luther King
- Self
- John McCain
- Self
- Richard Nixon
- Self
- Barack Obama
- Self
- Nancy Reagan
- Self
- Ronald Reagan
- Self
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Self
- Robert Stutman
- Self
- Jim Webb
- Self
Produced By
- Roy Ackerman
- executive producer
- David Alcaro
- executive producer
- Joslyn Barnes
- executive producer
- Sam Cullman
- producer
- Daniel DiMauro
- archival producer
- Hans Robert Eisenhauer
- commissioning editor: ZDF/ARTE
- Sally Jo Fifer
- executive producer: ITVS
- Kathleen Fournier
- co-producer
- Nick Fraser
- commissioning editor: BBC Storyville / executive producer
- Danny Glover
- executive producer
- Eugene Jarecki
- producer
- Alexandra Johnes
- consulting producer
- Shirel Kozak
- co-producer
- John Legend
- executive producer
- Alessandra Meyer
- co-producer
- Brad Pitt
- executive producer
- Melinda Shopsin
- lead producer
- Russell Simmons
- executive producer
- Christopher St. John
- producer
Music
Cinematography
- Sam Cullman
- director of photography
- Derek Hallquist
- director of photography
Sound
- Ron Bochar
- dialogue editor
- Eric Di Stefano
- audio post assistant
- Matthew Freed
- sound recordist
- Arthur Jaso
- sound recordist
- Christopher Koch
- re-recording mixer
- Randy Matuszewski
- audio post assistant
- Tim McConville
- sound recordist
Editing
Production Design
Production Management
- Kara Elverson
- production manager
- Melinda Shopsin
- post producton supervisor
Editorial
- Simon Barker
- additional editing
- Daniel DiMauro
- additional editing
- Rob Hatch-Miller
- second assistant editor
- Ryan McMahon
- assistant on-line editor
- Benjamin Murray
- colorist / on-line editor
- Patrick O'Brien
- second assistant editor
- Joe Posner
- motion graphics
- Anoosh Tertzakian
- additional editing / first assistant editor
Other
- Claire Aguilar
- special thanks
- Axel Arnö
- special thanks
- Orlando Bagwell
- special thanks
- Diana Barrett
- special thanks
- Andrea Barron
- special thanks
- Paul Butler
- special thanks
- Mary Clark
- special thanks
- Jason Emerton
- special thanks
- Christopher Frierson
- special thanks
- April Frost
- special thanks
- Jennifer Gill
- special thanks
- David Haas
- special thanks
- Todd Himmelreich
- special thanks
- Reginald Hines
- special thanks
- Joy Holloway
- special thanks
- Andrew Jarecki
- special thanks
- Gloria Jarecki
- special thanks
- Henry Jarecki
- special thanks
- Johanna Jarecki
- special thanks
- Jonas Jarecki
- special thanks
- Jonas Jarecki
- special thanks
- Tom Jarecki
- special thanks
- Justin Jones
- special thanks
- Andy Ko
- special thanks
- Andrew Lampert
- special thanks
- Melody Lee
- special thanks
- Stanley Lefkowitz
- special thanks
- Marc Levin
- special thanks
- Mike Mashon
- special thanks
- Richard O'Connell
- special thanks
- Dana O'Keefe
- special thanks
- Jean Oelwang
- special thanks
- Matthew Palevsky
- special thanks
- Josh Posner
- special thanks
- Monica Pratt Rafanel
- special thanks
- Susan Rockefeller
- special thanks
- Eileen Rudden
- special thanks
- James Rudek
- special thanks
- Gabriel Sayegh
- special thanks
- Gwen Schantz
- special thanks
- Christian Schwalbe
- special thanks
- Tamara Shopsin
- special thanks
- George Soros
- special thanks
- T. Cody Swift
- special thanks
- Tom Tierney
- special thanks
- John Van Hook
- special thanks
- Melvin Van Peebles
- special thanks
- Lois Vossen
- special thanks
- Kyle Wilson
- special thanks
Music Department
- Peter Calo
- musician: nylon acoustic guitar
- Megan Kate Campbell
- music production coordinator
- Jonathan Dinklage
- musician: violin
- Chris Kedzie
- music engineer / music mixer
- John McCullough
- music supervisor
- Robert Miller
- musician: piano / orchestrator
- Pete Miser
- composer: additional score
- Nick Tuttle
- music engineer / music mixer
Camera Department
- Matt Boyd
- additional camera
- Lili Chin
- additional camera
- Joe di Gennaro
- additional camera
- Rob Hatch-Miller
- additional camera
- Taylor Krauss
- additional camera
- Christopher Li
- additional camera
- Joe Posner
- additional camera
- Étienne Sauret
- additional camera
- David Sperling
- additional camera
- Christopher St. John
- additional camera
- Kat Westergaard
- additional camera
- Sam Cullman
- camera operator
- Christopher Frierson
- additional camera
- Rob VanAlkemade
- camera operator
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